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The time has passed when the sea organisms were not 
sufficiently known to serve as a guide to fishermen. The 
moment has arrived to start marine industries in our archipe^ 
lago where there is such a large area occupied by seaweeds of 
all sorts, where the numerous deposits of guano are gradually 
washed down to the sea by the rains, where the numerous 
currents in the sea may explain to a certain extent the direction 
taken by the shoal of fishes which visit oim waters. The decom¬ 
posed weeds and the particles of guano form the food of the 
phankton (small sea organisms) which in its turn serves as food 
for the larger organisms and fishes. It is by studying the con¬ 
nection of these elements with the appearance and disappear¬ 
ance of fishes in certain countries that most fishing industries 
have been developed. 
XII. 
Crown Lands. 
No Crown Lands has been leased or sold during the year : 
except Crown land Pointe Zanguilles, Praslin (30 acres) which 
was leased to Mrs Widow Adam. The lease was given up by 
that lessee but was taken up immediately afterwards by Mr. L. 
J. P. Dubignon on the recommendation of the J. P. Praslin. 
Crown land Newcome (82 acres) was also given up by MrPothin 
who remains lessee of the adjacent Crown land Savoie (80 acres). 
Newcome was temporarily placed in charge of the guardian 
of Crown lands (Sergt. Naud Albert) and will eventually be lea¬ 
sed if a reliable lessee is found. 
It is proposed to lease that land which is inferior to seve¬ 
ral small settlers in accordance with the scheme adopted for 
Fond Azor Crown land which has been subdivided into 20 acres 
plots. The time has arrived I think for settling proprietory cul¬ 
tivators on these Crown lands instead of leasing them to neigh¬ 
bourhood proprietors who are unable or disinclined to cultivate 
them to their full extent. 
A scheme should be adopted on the lines of the land settle¬ 
ment of St Vincent by which these small proprietory cultivators 
can acquire 5 or 10 acre plots, by paying 25o/o of their value 
during the fii’st five years and the remaining parts by aimual 
instalments, allowing sixteen years to complete the purchase of 
the land. Encouragement is given to these cultivators in St Vin¬ 
cent by Government Officials who advise them as to the way in 
which the land is to be cultivated and the products handled for 
market. There are several hundreds of acres of Crown lands 
which could be devoted to the settlement of the creole popula¬ 
tion as small holders in Mahe and Praslin. 
The central plateau of Mahe (about 2000 acres) above 1500 
feet elevation purchased and exchanged for about Rs 25,000 in 
1909 and 1910 is being gradually reafforested. The following 
plants have been set out during the year: 
VateriaSeychellarum (Bois de fer) ... ... 50 
Milletia atropurpurea ... ... ... 310 
Casuarina equisetifolia ... ... ... 910 
Parkia Roxbiu'ghi ... ... ... 507 
Borassus flabelliformis (Palmyra palm) ... ... 24 
Northea Seychellarum (Capucin) ... ... 70 
Stevensoniagrandifolia (palm) ... ... 300 
Azadarichta indica (from S. India) ... ... 437 
Chrysobolanus icaco (Cocoplum) ... ... 700 
Various fruit trees ... ... ... 74 
Heritiera littoralis (Bois de table) ... ... 500 
Melia dubia (from Ceylon) ... ... ... 50 
Tecoma leucoxylon (Calice du Pape) ... ... 1,009 
Hevea Brasiliensis (Para Rubber) ... ... 40 
Pentadesma butyracea (Butter tree from Sierra Leone) 73 
Oroxylon indicum (from Java) ... ... 62 
Sandoricum indicum (from Ceylon) ... ... 200 
Pterocarpus indicus (Sang dragon) ... ... 173 
Cesalpinia Corarria (dividiri) ... ... 112 
Garcinia Cambogia^(from Ceylon) ... ... 81 
Oil Palm (Eloeis guineensis) from Sierra Leone ... 50 
5,732 
